Please join the Farmington Valley Trails Council for its annual meeting!

Friday, November 14, at 7:00 P.M.

Avon Senior Center (Community Room) 
635 W. Avon Road, Avon, CT 06001

PROGRAM:

• Our President, Bruce Donald will give a year-end report on the FVTC and trail construction, other initiatives and news.
• Presentation of the Annual FVTC Community Service Award.
• Talk on bicycling the Lewis & Clark Trail by Al Galletly.
• No Admission Charge - Light refreshments will be served.

Bruce Donald, our president, will give a year-end business report and will speak on trail construction and other initiatives and news.  There will be a presentation of the Annual FVTC Community Service Award. Following the business portion of the program we are delighted to present a talk on bicycling the Lewis & Clark Trail by Al Galletly.

Prior to retiring as vice president of public affairs from GTE Corporation (now Verizon) in 1992, Stratford resident Al Galletly had already begun planning for his first cross-country bicycle ride. Initially, he had intended to simply fly to Los Angeles with his bicycle, dip his tires in the Pacific Ocean and begin the ride back to Connecticut.  A co-worker asked if he would consider turning the ride into a nationwide fundraiser, and so was born PAAAR, Pioneers Across America for Alzheimers Research. After the 4,791 mile ride – from Newport Beach, CA, to Washington, DC – was concluded, the effort had raised over a quarter million dollars. The following year, Al cycled from Jacksonville, FL to Connecticut.  In 1999, Al organized another cross-country bicycle trip, this time with his wife, Jan, and a group of 20 “over-50’s” who made the 3,100 mile trip from the west coast to St. Augustine, Florida.  More recently, in 2006, Al and Jan and another couple cycled portions of the Lewis & Clark Trail, covering some 880 miles.  It is this excursion that Al will talk about at our November meeting.